Skulls of Civilians Buried Around Egypt's First Kings Reveal Evidence of Human Sacrifice 5,000 Years Ago
Science Alert · 5 Oct 2026

Skulls of Civilians Buried Around Egypt's First Kings Reveal Evidence of Human Sacrifice 5,000 Years Ago

You might have read somewhere that in ancient Egypt, royalty were often buried with people sacrificed to serve them in the afterlife, but archaeologists aren't actually so sure about that.


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